Jamestown, New Mexico | |
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Coordinates: 35°28′51″N 108°25′58″W / 35.48083°N 108.43278°W | |
Country | United States |
State | New Mexico |
County | McKinley |
Area | |
• Total | 2.73 sq mi (7.07 km2) |
• Land | 2.73 sq mi (7.07 km2) |
• Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
Population | |
• Total | 317 |
• Density | 116.16/sq mi (44.85/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-7 ( Mountain (MST)) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
ZIP code | 87347
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Area code | 505 |
FIPS code | 35-35070 |
Jamestown is an unincorporated community located along Interstate 40 in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States. El Paso Natural Gas Company built a refinery at the Continental Divide in New Mexico around the area of 35.48698357712149, -108.4264608980443. [4][ circular reference] The refinery was known locally as the Gallup Refinery or the Ciniza Refinery. By 1964, El Paso Gas sold the refinery to the Shell Oil Company. [5] Then in 1982, Giant Oil Refining purchased the refinery from Shell. [5] In 1987. Giant built the largest truck stop and retail facility in their chain one mile south from the refinery. [5] On June 7, 2003, Giant sold its travel center in Jamestown to Pilot Travel Centers. [5] Pilot Travel Center #305 [6] [7] houses Jamestown's post office; the post office has ZIP code 87347. [3] [6]
According to USA Today, in 1993 the truck stop and refinery were the only two establishments in the community. [7] By 2020, there were also a Fire Department. [8] The oil refinery changed ownership several times [9] and was slated to close by October 2020, as per its last owner, Marathon Petrolueum. [10]
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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2020 | 317 | — | |
U.S. Decennial Census [11] [2] |
It is in Gallup-McKinley County Public Schools. [12] Its zoned schools are Del Norte Elementary School, Kennedy Middle School, and Hiroshi Miyamura High School. [13]